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Published by University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1970
ISBN 10: 0806108975ISBN 13: 9780806108971
Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hard Back. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Volume 44 Western Frontier Library. 318 Pages. This book is Volume 44 in The Western Frontier Library and is the third Rhodes novel to be reissued by the University of Oklahoma Press. Beautiful brown boards with gold lettering over black background on the spine. Book is brand new condition. Interior text pages are near flawless. The dust jacket has light wear to the front and the flap price is clipped. Eugene Manlove Rhodes was a westerner snowed in for twenty years among God's Frozen People, in Apalachin, a hamlet in New York State. During this period of exile from his beloved Southwest, he produced the best and major portion of his literary work, including Copper Streak Trail. This novel has two settings-Cobre, Arizona, and Vesper, a city in the East. The local color and characters in both places come straight from the author's experience. Pete Johnson, the hero of the story, was in real life a wagon boss for the Bar W Ranch. His unlimited, prankish wit and Sherlock Holmesian mind make the story what a London Times reviewer called Wild West fiction with a difference. The plot nevertheless has all the elements of the classic suspense western-a copper mine whose location the good guys try to keep from the bad guys, a villain who rules the town with money and power unscrupulously acquired, and even a crooked poker game. Rhodes scrutinized life without panic, writes W. H. Hutchinson in the introduction, with guts and a sense of humor and an awareness of Luck; and he learned to accept life's rhythms. His lifeview is reflected clearly in the two strongest characters in Copper Streak Trail-Johnson and Robetteelee Carr, a young boy who, the reader senses, will grow up to be the kind of brilliant, courageous, humorous man Johnson is. If you don't want that horse, said Bobby, don't send me after him.
Published by Univ of Nebraska, Lincoln, NB, 1987
ISBN 10: 0803289286ISBN 13: 9780803289284
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: New. First Edition, First Printing. BRAND NEW & Collectible. First Edition, First Printing. Western fiction. Anthology that brings together works of Eugene Manlove Rhodes (1869 - 1934), nicknamed the "cowboy chronicler" for fidelity to subject, whose work was mostly first published in newspapers and magazines. This collection includes 4 novels (led by Paso por Aqui, a story of a down-on-the-luck cowboy turned bank robber; adapted to film, Four Faces West, 1948, Joel McCrea); 2 novelettes; 4 short stories; a prose narrative; an essay; and, a poem. To the rear is the Epitaph Rhodes wrote for himself and speaks volumes of his personal philosophy: "Now hushed at last the murmur of his mirth/Here he lies quiet in the quiet earth/---When the last trumpet sounds of land and sea/He will arise then, chatting cheerfully/And, blandly interrupting Gabriel/He will go sauntering down the road to hell/He will pause loitering the infernal gate/Advising Satan on affairs of state/Complaining loudy that the roads are bad/and bragging what a jolly grave he had!" His gravestone reads, "Paso por aqui.".
Published by University of Oklahoma Press (1957)., Norman, OK, 1957
Seller: Magic Carpet Books, Carson City, NV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First state, one of 500 copies, with Bourn misspelled on dedication page. Turquoise cloth. xxvii, 316 pages. Signed by Hutchinson on half-title page. Price-clipped dust jacket has a couple of chips and tears. Contents clean and tight.
Published by Hurst, Yount, Chico, California, 1958
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Signed
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. W. H. Hutchinson(Editor) (illustrator). First Limited Edition. The Line of Least Resistance by Eugene Manlove Rhodes (Limited) Signed Creases, bends, and folds along edges. First Limited Edition. This is copy number 8. Signed by Editor. Norman Metcalf's Copy. BOOK.
Published by Hurst & Yount, Chico, California, 1958
Seller: K & B Books, Tucson, AZ, AZ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Original Wraps. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. James Bodrero (illustrator). 1st Edition. 78 pp., illustrations, yapped edges. A fine, bright unmarked copy. Limited to 500 copies this being #79. SIGNED BY THE EDITOR with no inscriptions. The first installment of this book was in the Saturday Evening Post on August 13, 1910. It is regarded as one of Rhodes better writings. COLLECTOR CONDITION.